Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 31st August 2021

Vocabulary Words: For most banking Aspirants, vocabulary is a nightmare but it carries a great amount of importance in every competitive exam. It is very important to have a good hold on the vocabulary to increase efficiency in the language section and also to increase your overall scores. That is why Adda247 has started a new initiative to improve the vocabulary of the aspirants with the Visual vocabulary words and their meaning.

Visual Vocabulary Words:

1. Spite (noun)

Meaning; Ill will or hatred toward another

Synonyms: animosity, hate

Antonyms: kindness, love

2. Diminution (noun)

Meaning; A lessening, decrease or reduction

Synonyms: contraction, limitation

Antonyms: expansion, growth

3. Calibrate (verb)

Meaning; To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.

Synonyms: Determine, calculate

Antonyms: Approximate, Estimate

4. Suffuse (verb)

Meaning; To spread through or over something,

Synonyms: perforate, infuse

Antonyms: halt, deplete

5. Humiliate (verb)

Meaning; To injure the dignity and self-respect of.

Synonyms: embarrass, disgrace

Antonyms: praise, applaud

6. Malady (noun)

Meaning; Any ailment or disease of the body

Synonyms: illness, disability

Antonyms: health, wellness

7. Elusive (adjective)

Meaning; Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

Synonyms: evasive, slippery

Antonyms: direct, straight

8. Clout (noun)

Meaning; Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

Synonyms: influence, dominance

Antonyms: insignificance, irrelevance

9. Seclusion (noun)

Meaning; The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society

Synonyms: remoteness

Antonyms: togetherness

Importance of Vocabulary Words in the English Language

• The reading comprehension from which 50% of the English language section questions are based requires the candidate to have good reading skills and requires a good hold on the English vocabulary. A good vocabulary will give the candidates of a better understanding of the comprehension which will benefit them in scoring maximum marks.
• A good vocabulary also helps a candidate to crack the interview round of the banking exams. The candidate can form a sentence perfectly if he/she has a good vocabulary.
• Apart from the reading comprehension section, there are multiple English tests where vocabulary can be used.